IS ANYONE ELSE OUTRAGED BY THIS? 

I talked about this on the air yesterday, but let's be honest, a lot of you were probably too busy planning your Super Bowl parties or wondering what happened to your latest issue of "People Magazine." It's OK, you've come to Nealz Nuze, so let's get on with it.

The Washington Times is reporting that the economic stimulus bill includes $2.25 billion for the National Parks Service. That's a lot of money. But hold on .. it gets worse. The chief lobbyist for the National Parks Conservation Association just happens to be the son of the House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, obviously a Democrat.

So here we have a man, Craig Obey, who is one of the top people in charge of making sure that our national parks get funding from Congress. That's his job. And when this economic stimulus bill came to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Craig and his association managed to get $802 million in stimulus funding. Not bad, considering the obvious question - how in the world is money for our national parks going to stimulate the economy? But apparently, that wasn't the issue. The issue is that when the House Appropriations Committee passed its version of the bill .. that $802 million for national parks suddenly became $2.25 billion. Yes, that's billion with a "B." That amounts to the total yearly budget of the National Park Service. And guess who happens to be the chairman of the committee that bumped up the spending from $802 million to $2.25 billion? David Obey. The father of the chief lobbyist for National Parks Conservation.

Does anyone find this vaguely outrageous? Apparently PrezBO doesn't. He's too busy slamming evil CEOs. The Democrats have been preaching transparency .. but those words only get as far as a teleprompter. You can say one thing, but clearly the Congress is still practicing another.